Against the Gods : The Remarkable Story of Risk

English

ISBN: 0471295639

EAN: 9780471295631

Category: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving/Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving/

Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

Release Date: 09/30/1998

Synopsis: With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime market analysts shaking their heads and revising their forecasts, a study of the concept of risk seems quite timely. Peter Bernstein has written a comprehensive history of mans efforts to understand risk and probability, beginning with early gamblers in ancient Greece, continuing through the 17th-century French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat and up to modern chaos theory. Along the way he demonstrates that understanding risk underlies everything from game theory to bridge-building to winemaking.

Awards: Financial Times/Booz-Allen and Hamilton Global Business Book Award – null 

Against the Gods : The Remarkable Story of Risk

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.09 inches

Width: 5.96 inches

Length: 8.92 inches

Weight: 18.27 oz

Pages: 400